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SwitchingisasubbranchofTransfigurationandaformoftransformationitistheartofmagicallyexchangingphysicalfeatures Switching
betweentwotargets.TheonlyknownsubgroupofswitchingisCrossSpeciesSwitches [1]. Classinformation

ProfessorMinerva
Contents [show] Professor
McGonagall(formerly)
AlbusDumbledore
(formerly)

ABeginner'sGuideto
History TransfigurationbyEmeric
Requiredtextbooks Switch(first&secondyear)
SwitchingspellsaretaughttosecondorthirdyearstudentsatHogwartsSchoolofWitchcraftandwizardry,anentryonSwitchescanbe Intermediate
foundineitherABeginner'sGuidetoTransfigurationbyEmericSwitchor.StudentsatHogwartsshouldhaveSwitchesmasteredbefore Transfiguration(thirdfifthyear)

theirfourthyear. Required Wand

equipment

InastudentsfifthyearofeducationtheymustsittheOrdinaryWizardingLevel(O.W.L.)examinations.OntheTransfigurationO.W.L.a [Source]

studentmostanswerawrittenquestionthatasksforthedefinitionofaswitchingspell.

Nature
Switchinggreatlyresemblesgeneraltransformation,butwithwithtwomaindifferences:firstly,thefeaturesofthetwotargetsareswitchedsimultaneouslysecondly,thechangeinone
ofthepairisdependentonachangeintheother.

ItishardtogaugetherelativedifficultyofswitchesexactlycomparedtoothertypesofTransfigurationbecausetheexactyearinwhichtheyarelearnisnotknown.However,Professor
McGonagallwasimpressedwhenHermioneknewaboutswitchesasafirstyearstudentbutwasdisappointedinNevillefornotbeingabletoperformevensimpleswitchesbyfourth
year.Therefore,studentsmuststartlearningswitchesinsecond,thirdor(early)fourthyear(mostlikelythird),earlierthanalmostalltheotherbranchesofTransfigurationsave
transformation.

Method
TheonlyknownmethodofswitchingisthroughtheapplicationofSwitchingspells.

Knownpractitioners

HarryPotter Hermione Neville Albus Minerva

Granger Longbottom Dumbledore McGonagall
(failed)

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Appearances
HarryPotterandthePhilosopher'sStone(Mentionedonly)
HarryPotterandthePhilosopher'sStone(videogame)(Mentionedonly)
HarryPotterandtheGobletofFire(Mentionedmultipletimesinvariousforms)
HarryPotterTradingCardGame

NotesandReferences
1.HarryPotterandtheGobletofFire,Chapter22

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Professors:AlbusDumbledoreMinervaMcGonagall

Textbooks:ABeginner'sGuidetoTransfigurationIntermediateTransfigurationAGuidetoAdvancedTransfiguration

Knownpractitioners:EmericSwitchCirceFalcoAesalonMirabellaPlunkettThaddeusThurkell

TransfigurationspellsstudiedatHogwarts:ChairtocatMatchtoneedleSnailtoTeapotTeacuptoRatSwitchingSpellTransformingSpellAviforsSpellMiceto
SnuffboxesBeetleButtonsRabbitSlippersVeraVertoTeapottotortoiseDraconiforsSpellLapiforsSpellVanishingSpellOwltooperaglassesGuineafowltoguinea
pigHedgehogtopincushionSmallChildtoRatMeddlingMantoMonkeyCrinusMuto

BranchesofTransfiguration:TransformationVanishmentConjurationUntransfiguration

Categories: Magic Switchingmagic

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